好多年都没见了吧
“you haven't seen them for years, right?”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
说约咱们一家人聚一聚 特别是你
“They want to get both our families together. Especially you—”
好多年 都 没见 了吧
“you haven't seen them for years, right?”
毕业之后就没见过了
“I haven't seen them since graduation.”
Direct spoken expression in this communicative setting.
Chinese families often place great emphasis on catching up with distant relatives or school alumni who have not met in years.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
many years / a good number of years
A very common colloquial way to emphasize a long period of time instead of using formal counters.
haven't seen each other at all
Used with '都' to emphasize an uninterrupted span of not meeting someone.
Marks a change of state or an elapsed period up to the present moment.
Softens the question and invites confirmation or agreement from the listener.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“it's been so many years.”
“Yun, long time no see.”
“We haven't seen each other in so many years.”
“It's been a long time since we met.”
“I haven't seen them in years.”
“I haven't seen it for quite a while.”
“It's been over a year since we last met. How have you been?”
“I haven't seen her in years. How is she?”